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Special Graduation Edition
Archer County News
Archer City, Texas 76351
Farming, Ranching,Dairying, Oil and Industry
34 PAGES
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1981
ISSUE 21
Archer County Farmer ArClief City
Cuts Nations First Wheat
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Photo courtesy of Wichita Falls
Times and Record News.
Howard Lyles, Holliday
area farmer and rancher,
diatvered.4he,Jat~JBad. .of
hard red winter wheat in the
Unhed States Monday at
2:05 p.m. The Vona variety,
which tested out at 63
pounds per bushel, was cut
in a field located three miles
south of Holliday and
delivered to a grain company
in Iowa Park.
The area wheat harvest,
which is expected to be well
jahove average in quantify
and quality, will continue
through July. At press time
Wednesday, the first load
had not yet been received at
the Berend Bros, elevators
in Archer City. Local
manager, Wayland Abshier
anticipated that it would be
arriving“just anytime”.
Holliday City Council
Hires
New Water Supt.
With all members present
the ’ Mjday City Council
mcr ) regular session
Monday to hear a report
from Mayor James Cook on
the rescue unit, employment
of a water superintendent,
and a change in the water
and sanitation rates.
Cook reported that the
rescue unit, now in opera-
tion by the city and the
volunteer fire department,
had been inspected Monday
by a representative of the
Emergency Medical Service.
The representative stated
that some five minor items
would be needed to bring
the unit up to standard, but
it could be used in
emergencies.
Freddie Crampton and Gary
Schaefer, representing Holli-
Tex Supply, were present to
request that an alley be
closed near the business.
Council voted, on a motion
from Councilman Jim Virdell
to comply with the request.
Morgana Thorn of Iowa
Park was employed as water
superintendent to replace
Don Stewart who resigned
and moved to Amarillo.
The Lone Star Gas
ordinance was read for the
second time.
A discussion of water and
sanitation rates followed and
after a motion for increased
rates from Councilman
Goforth, council voted to up
the water minimum to 58.50
for the first 2000 gallons,
plus 95 cents per 1000 for all
in excess. The motion also
carried an increase of
garbage rates from $2.50 to
$4.
Attorney Gary Southard was
instructed to look into the
legal problems connected
with the annexation of an
area north of town.
Council voted to be
responsible for collection of
all money for Community
Center operation and pay all
utility bills for the center.
The Board of Trustees of
the Windthorst Independent
Burglars
Sentenced
To Prison
Lakeside City VFD
Holds Open House
Four Archer City residents
pleaded guilty in 97th
District Court Wednesday,
May 13, to charges of
burglary. Three of them
were sentenced to confine-
ment in the Texas Depart-
ment of Corrections in
Huntsville.
Mike Lee Neal, 20, received
a sentence of two years.
Stephen Anthony Gresham,
19, received a sentence of
three years. Casey Bill
Long, 17, received a
sentence of five years.
A fifteen year old juvenille
was sentenced to confine-
ment of an undetermined
amount of time in the Texas
Youth Council (reform
school). He was transported
to the statewide TYC
Windthorst
Approves
Activities
reception center by Archer
County Deputies Friday,
May 16.
Neal, Grisham, and Long
were all transported to the
Texas Department of Correc-
tions in Huntsville by
Sheriffs deputies the night
of May 13.
All four waived Grand Jury
and trails by jury. The
sentences were imposed by
District Judge Frank Douth-
itt. District Attorney Jack
McGaughey handled the
prosecution. The guilty
pleas each on one count of
burglary, were entered by
the defendents after a
pre-trail agreement was
reached. The four had been
arrested and charged with
burglary, theft over $200,
and felony criminal mischief
Burglary in Texas is
punishable by a prison
sentence of from two to
twenty years.
EQUIPPED TO SERVE. Several
City Volunteer Fire Department were on hand to discuss
their new equipment and services at the open house in
Lakeside City Sunday. Pictured [1-r] are Richard
Dhtkss,Vice-President; Assistant Fire Chief tannic Davis;
Tommy Noll; Elbert Brum below, President; Gary Ross;
Frankie Sears, Secretary -Treasurer; and Fire Chief Mike
Yancey. Members not present at the time of the picture
include Bill Sharron, Bud Faver, and Bob Byrd.
Tuesday
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Friday
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Sunday
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Durhl Caussey
Appointed Director
Budget
School District approved an
Activity Budget of $42,000
during its regular monthly
meeting May 11. The
budget covers all athletic,
U.I.L., and extra-curricular
activities.
The student handbook was
discussed and the Board
approved changes in it that
would eliminate any wording
that might be considered
discriminatory on the basis
of a student’s sex.
Other action included the
approval of 56 transfer
requests for the '81-82
school year and the exemp-
tion of local tuition fee for
children of teachers in the
Windthorst schools who
reside outside of the school
district.
Items already on the agenda
for discussion during the
June meeting include the
junior-senior prom, class
sponsors and their related
duties, and student super-
vision when returning from
extr-curricular activites after
school hours.
Members of the Lakeside
City Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment held an open house at
their department head-
quarters Sunday afternoon.
The equipment and tools of
<he relatively new firefight-
ing unit were assembled and
displayed for the viewing
public to view. The
Lakeside City VFD was
formed in January of 1978
' with one truck on loan from
Archer County the sole piece
of equipment. The volun-
teers now proudly serve the
citizens of Lakeside City and
Archer County with one
pumper, one water tank
truck, one grass fire truck
(from Texas A & M Forestry
Service), one ambulance,
many pieces of fire-fighting
tools and communications
devics, and one parade unit.
The latest acquisition, the
ambulance van, has been
referbished and equipped by
the vciunteers with the
generous help of many
interested parties. This has
been the case for much of
the equipment owned by the
V.F.D. “We couldn’t have
done it without the generous
support of the residents of
Lakeside, Archer County,
and interested individuals,
“stated department presi-
dent El ben Brumbeiow.
In the case of the
ambulance, a van was
purchased on a sealed bid
basis. The depanment
members overhauled the
engine and brakes and
completely rebuilt the ex-
haust system. Burm be low’s
Carpet donated the carpet
and George Rice donated the
paint job. “The unit started
out as a rescue van, but we
really needed ambulance
service out here,” com-
mented depanment Chief
Mike Yancey. The conver-
sion was made possible by
Archer City Graduates
Thirty-Seven
Durhl Caussey of Holliday,
Texas was appointed a
Director at a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the
Western Christian Founda-
tion, Inc., 4214 Fairway,
Wichita Falls, held April 30,
1981. Caussey is involved
full time in the field of
education and will be a
valuable asset in the
Foundation’s program of
Christian education accord-
ing to Dryden Sinclair, board
of chairman. The Western
Christian Foundation, Inc.
assists Christian schools and
colleges in the northern
Dundee Opens New Cafe
Helen Morris (right) and her
Texas.
lighter Kcflie stand hi front of Kellie's Cafe’ hi Dundee,
Kellie’s Cafe, owned and
operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Larry (Helen) Morris and
daughter Kellie, opened to
the public at Dundee last
week.
The new business is located
at the intersection of
highway 277 and FM 2846,
the former she of Young's
Cafe.
Mrs. Morris stated that the
hours will be 6 a.m to
p.m. six (foys a week
wheat harvest begins
the business will
open to accommodate
harvesters
r|’>sjk 11 aiu Kiiatnwce featitrUtK
lire new Dusincss Tcmiurctt
plate lunches, burgers shd
lunch
Unhed States and Canada,
operated by members of the
Church of Christ, and also
supplies many tons of
Christian educational mate-
rial yearly to Central and
South America as well to
Mexico.
Caussey is administrator of
the Northwest Christian
Academy in Wichita Falls, a
member of the Holliday
Independent School Board
and will receive his doc-
torate degree in education
administration and school
law, from North Texas
University in December.
Bloodmobile
set For
Windthorst
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
receive donars in
next Thursday,
e unit will be
at the Knights of
Hall, and, will be
2:30 p.m. untU
area donars are
The Archer City graduating
class of 1981, held their
graduation Tuesday, May
19, in the High School
auditorium. Thiry-seven
graduating seniors were
presented diplomas from
board president, Bob
Russell. Superintendent,
Donald Shearmire, intro-
duced speaker, Woody
Weilage, who addressed the
class mid audience.
Salutatorian and president of
the class was Matt Andrews,
son of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrews. Valedictorian was
Gary Beall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Beall.
“Gimb ’til your dreams
comes true” was chosen as
the class motto; the colors
were yellow and white and
the flower was a yellow rose.
The dass song was “Times
of Your life”. Mrs. Bonnie
Schlomach played the pro-
cessional and Rev. Bill Potts
gave the invocation.
Presentation of awarded and
presentation of the dass was
given by J.B. Adams. The
benediction was given by
Chester Southard.
1981 Gass Officers
induded: Matt Andrews,
president; Chester Southard,
vice-president; Jessie Wil-
son, Secretary; and trea-
surer, Donna Martin. Their
dassmates indude Daria
Abshier, John Barton. Gary
Beall, Bethann Bell, Lonnie
Buerger, Fred Edge, Jr.,
Dick Fletcher, Vernon Gets,
wst\ Oiudin^St Kelly uoilcft
Debbie Hifbers. Lanny Hub-
bard, Gayla Hooker. Sheila
Huffman, Sarah Isham,
Denise Kile, Ellen Loftin,
Brenda Morris, Steve Mc-
cord, Penny McCown, Mitzi
McDaniel, James McCrain,
Caren Nelson, Terry Peden,
Landon Posey, Curtis
Powdl, Lisa Rucker, Richard
Russell, Max Schlegel, Greg
St allcup, Scott Tigrett. Roy
Vogtsberger, and Leslie
Watson.
Ushers and usherettes were
Jerry Gray, Darryn Shear-
mire, Sherry and Donna
Akers.
the purchase of the neces-
sary equipment from Gold
Cross Ambulance at a very
nominal cost. Department
Vice-President Richard
Dirkse emf*\as1zfed Yhaf W»
depanment “really appreci-
ated the assistance of Bob
Cobum” in the constructed
the unit. Five of the
depanment members are
certified in C.P.R., and five
of them have also attended
the victim extraction school
conducted at A & M.
The Lakeside City V.F.D. is
similar to other departments
in Archer County in that it
raises most of the money for
its operation and also fights
more fires outside of the city
limits than inside. Fund-
raising activities are sche-
duled for September ana
December with the Lakeside
City Women’s Gub sponsor-
in one of the events.
Last year, the depanment
answered 52 calls, and only
two of them were in
Lakeside City. Forty-six of
those outside of the city
limits were grass fires.
Joining Yancey, Brum-
beiow, and Dirkse as officers
are Assistant Chief Ronnie
Davis and Secretary-Trea-
surer Frankie Sears. Other
members include Gary Ross,
Tommy Noll, Bill Sharron,
Bud Favor, and Bob Byrd.
The department is seeking
one more volunteer to round
out is force.
“We are here to provide
service to the community
and the area. "states
Yancey. "In the future.
Lakeside City, Bowman and
Holliday will all respond to
alarms between here and
Holliday.”
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Lobpries, F. Mike & Lobpries, Fran. Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1981, newspaper, May 21, 1981; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714037/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.